ANDOVER — With Andover’s dawn-to-dusk July 4 celebration now concluded, local residents and area vacationers are eagerly awaiting the next town-wide event: the annual Old-Time Fair, sponsored by the Andover Historical Society.
To be held between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4, on the grounds of the Potter Place railroad station and historic neighborhood, the fair will offer a full complement of activities: up to two dozen vendors and others demonstrating their creative efforts, live music and other entertainment, fun and games for youngsters, a sale of antiques and collectibles, a flea market, and more. Admission to all activities is free.
Events and offerings will include:
Music featuring Chuck Will on piano, Lindsey Schust & The Ragged Mountain Band, and Roland Dupuis on fiddle; free rides, you provide the muscle power — on an old railroad handcar; a visiting caboose (from the Roundhouse Workshop in Hopkinton) reimagined as a “tiny house;” antiques, collectible items and flea-market sales, and
The “Secret Garden.”
Also, an exhibit featuring Andover’s seven covered bridges in the railroad station and Emons general store; the gravesites of famed black entertainer Richard Potter and his wife Sally; fine art and ephemera for sale in the Gordon-Lull House; the sale of strawberry shortcake at the General Store, and crafters whose work may include blacksmithing, chair-caning, penny rugs, weaving, basket making, felting, woodcarving, pottery, whirligigs
To get to the fair, follow the signs on Main Street about a mile west of the Village of Andover. The Society’s holdings are on Depot Street. Parking space is abundant.
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